Tokyo Paralympic bronze medalist Harvinder Singh obtained an opening-round bye within the males’s particular person open recurve occasion on the Dubai World Archery Para Championships.
Harvinder, who was seeded eleventh after the rating spherical, will subsequent face Spain’s Jose Manuel Marin Rodriguez, ranked twenty second.
In qualifying, Harvinder had taken his time to search out his standard kind, registering extra 10+Xs and Xs solely in his second set of six as he totaled 609.
Compatriot Rajesh, qualifying twenty fifth, too made it to spherical 2 by defeating Thailand’s Sukkun Phet 6-2 within the first spherical.
“It wasn’t an excellent begin as I anticipated. I used to be anticipating to be within the prime 10 within the rating spherical. I took time to get into the groove, each in my thoughts and physique. But I hope I can overcome that and get a great outcome right here,” Harvinder stated.
At the Tokyo Paralympics, Harvinder was ranked twenty first earlier than he climbed the ladder to take the bronze medal.
Harvinder may even play the recurve combined staff and males’s doubles occasions, the place India has certified fifth and seventh, respectively.
Meanwhile, the recurve ladies’s archers additionally had a great day with Pooja (598) and Pooja Khanna (544) qualifying within the fourth and thirteenth locations respectively.
Pooja may even play the recurve ladies’s doubles together with Khanna, the place the pair has certified second.
In the wheelchair W1 males class, Adil Mohamed Nazir Ansari certified in eighth place with 639 rating.
All the staff elimination rounds might be performed on Friday, with India’s compound archers Shyam Sundar Swami and Jyoti Baliyan to be in motion within the compound combined staff finals.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
